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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Scotland able to spend more on public services after deal with UK Treasury

Holyrood in Edinburgh. Ministers have been pushing for reform for a long time.
Holyrood in Edinburgh. Ministers have been pushing for reform for a long time. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

Scottish ministers will be able to spend hundreds of millions more on public services each year after striking a deal with the UK Treasury to lift restrictions on its budgets.

The agreement will allow ministers in Edinburgh to double their annual borrowing to protect day-to-day spending to £600m, as well as increase the amount they can borrow for major projects by inflation and also keep underspends in later years, without any limits.

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